Asleep at the switch

Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, August 29, 2001

: Two doves (birds) found living in the street light at Sansome and Sutter very cozy but the two have to put up with the red lights flashing. Chronicle photo by Frederic Larson

: Two doves (birds) found living in the street light at Sansome and Sutter very cozy but the two have to put up with the red lights flashing. Chronicle photo by Frederic Larson

Photo: FREDERIC LARSON

Asleep at the switch

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2001-08-29 04:00:00 PDT San Francisco -- Two doves holed up inside a traffic signal at Sutter and Sansome streets in San Francisco yesterday, their hearts set alight every 45 seconds or so by the Department of Parking and Traffic.